Linda Barnard

1 week ago | cruiseandtravellifestyles.com | Linda Barnard

Canadian company Maple Leaf Adventures sails into the isolated beauty of British ColumbiaCascardiaIN THE REMOTE PEACE of British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest, I heard the exhalations of humpback whales, the howls of elusive marine wolves and the thunderous rush of a gushing glacial waterfall as I held my cup to capture a drink.

1 month ago | vacay.ca | Linda Barnard

Chef Neal Brown pulls a glistening hunk of seared meat from the flames in the short film “Heat & Meat”. He holds it in his hands and bites into it like an apple. The juices run. Within minutes, 130 guests at the sixth Devour! The Canadian Rockies Food Film Fest in the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge are having the same delicious experience. Unlike the on-screen chef, we used knives and forks for Edmonton chef Blair Lebsack’s thick, grilled pork chop.

2 months ago | vacay.ca | Linda Barnard

Wellness becomes a multi-sensory experience at the new $3.5 million Healing Caves at the oceanfront Kingfisher Pacific Resort & Spa in the Comox Valley of eastern Vancouver Island. The global feel-good virtual trip begins in the blazing heat of 82 Celsius degrees (180 Fahrenheit) designed to emulate a red rock desert, moves to a steamy El Salvador rainforest, and is followed by the minus-10 Celsius (14 Fahrenheit) chill of British Columbia’s Coast Mountains. And that’s just the first half.

2 months ago | fwtmagazine.com | Linda Barnard

For more than 40 years, Greenwich Village record shop owner John Pita has had a window on Bob Dylan history. He owns The Record Runner store, which faces the single block of Jones Street where Dylan was photographed walking arm-in-arm with his girlfriend and muse Suze Rotolo on a snowy February day in 1963. The photo became the cover of Dylan’s second album, The Freewheelin‘ Bob Dylan, and a pop culture calling card for one of New York’s most historic and fascinating urban neighborhoods.

Mar 8, 2025 | vacay.ca | Linda Barnard

Zita Cobb, the visionary innkeeper of Newfoundland’s Fogo Island Inn, says the U.S.-Canada trade war could mean big wins for the Canadian travel sector. With Canadians cancelling U.S. travel, Cobb issued a challenge to turn the crisis into an opportunity to grow Canada’s tourism economy. Tourism employs about 10% of the nation’s labour force, Cobb said, yet it only contributes 2% to GDP. “Let’s give ourselves a target to make it 10% of our GDP,” Cobb said.